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meemm ummm FOLDING MACHINE.

Application filed September 10, 1921; Serial No. 499,614.

Tb? all whom it may concern: 1 Be it known othat I, OESARELBARBIE I, a subject of the King of Italy; and a resident of the city of New York, .in lthe county of New York and State of Newi York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in a Multiple Automaticf Folding Machine; and Ido hembyee'uare that the following is a full, clear, and exact'descrip tion ot-the same, reference"being had' to the accompanying drawings, and to thenumera'ls of reference marked thereon, which form an partof this specification.

This" invention relates to=-an improved I multiple automatic folding machine especi ally adapted for "manufacturing conical Y dishes of prepared paper ordinarily used for dispensing sundaes, ice cream or the'like.

One of the important Objects of this invention is the provision of a machine which will automatically form conical paper dishes from prepared blanks in large quantities; automatically and by the simultaneous operation of a plurality of similar machines all controlled by a master driving means.

1 Another' important object of this "invention is the provision of a machine adapted to automatically manufacture conical paper dishes from circular blanks of prepared paper by folding sections of the same over each other and creasing these folded'sections so that the dishes will permanently retain the conical shape given to them in the folding operation.

Still another important object of this invention is. the p-rovision of a multipleauto matic dish forming "machine wherein a series of like devices aredriven inunison, each of the said devices being provided with an adjusting means whereby it may be accurately timed to operate-in unison with the other parts of the machine.

A further important object "of this in vention is the provision of a multiple automatic dish forming machine wherein each machine is provided with means for readily disengaging same from the commonmaster driving device so that any number of the machines maybe driven as desired. w v

this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in @the accompanying drawings and following specification.

. The invention (in a preferred form) isillooking in .the direction indicated by the means, showing the.- cams for operating.

for removing the completed dishes.

' -operation.

Other and further important objects of 1 I I =the relation Of fif PllllffllllJY of the assembled lustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings; Figure 1 is a top plan view of one of the units of the improved multiple automatic dish forming machine with the master drive shown at the right 6 hand end thereof.

Figure 2 is a front elevation'of the machine shown in -Figure 1. j;

Figure 3 is an end View showing the single ing machines.

a master drive for the pluralityof the form- Figure-4 is a partial sectional view taken m approximately on the line 44.gof Figure 2 arrows. p

Figure 5 is-a partial sectional view showing the blank feeding apparatus and is taken on the line '5 -5 of Figure 1.

Figure'6 is a sectional view taken onIthe.

line 6'-6 of Figure 5,'parts' being omitted. r

. Figure 7 is a sectional view showing. the construction and operation of the'folding. mechanism. v

Flgure 8 is a side elevation ofthe folding so Figure 9 is a sectional view taken approx;- imately on the line 9-9 otFi ure 7.'; Figure 10 is a top 'plan news owing the dish forming means togetherwiththe means y as Figure 11 is aside elevation of the apparatus shown in Figure 10.

Figure 12 is'an enlarged plan view showing the circularhlankafter it has been inserte'd into the forming means. 1

Figure 13 is a sectional view showing one of the steps injthe' formation of the dish.

Figure le is a side 'view of Figure 13.

Figure'15 is a. view similar to Figure 13 showing the completion of the dish forming Figure 16 is an enlargeddetailview showing a portion of the formingji me'chanism beneath the blank supporting talole.

Figure 1-7 is a detail viewaof a portion of the ejecting means for the completed dishes. Figure 18 is a top plan viewof th'edevice shown in Figure 17. i 1

Figure 19 diagrammatic view showing units. I

As shown on the drawings, the reference numeral 20 indicates a pulley driven by any convenient source of power by means sired. The pulley is mounted-toroextends through the frame in suitable bearshown in Figure 5, the shaft- 5% eitends plate or bracket member 56 of the machine, and keyed upon the outer cnd,of the shaft gear 60 mounted on a shaft {31 having ad -comprises ten separate units, but it is evithesame may be rotated-at will. A clutch member may he provided for each unit of.

ing gears and pinions are all 'mounted in .'the feeding rollers 66 and 65. -An adjustable clutch member 68 is provided onthe adaptedto rotate with the pulley 20 is a cam shaft=36 through a clutch member 37.

to a rotatable shafted which also drives a 'speetive feed roller g'earsbiand 63,may be adjusted as desired. The; feed. rollers and (so are provided with friction portions 'on their!faces,"prefei'ably of rubber or the like as shown at 70 in Figure 6. These friction portions extendaround only] a 'portion of the periphery of the rollers so as to operate upon the paper blank to .be' fed only at predetermined times.

,Mounted above the feedrollers ($5 and 60 is a magazine 71 referabl y" circular in form provided for holding a plurality of thepreof which the multiplemachine is'operated. In the apparatus shownthe entire machine debt that the number may bevaried as de tate upon an'axle orshaft 22 fixed u'pona portion of the machine :frame 24, (Figures 2 and 3). Mounted uponthe shaft 22 and pinion 26 in mesh with a gear wheel 28' which is in turn keyed upon a bearing sleeve 30. The gear 28 is an idler gear and niounted to rotate therewith is a pinion likewise on'. the sleeve The pinion 32 1 jacent thebevel gear 53 is a sprocket wheel mesheswith a gear 34 which drives .the

73; (F igures 2 and 5) having a chain, 74 thereon which drives a corresponding Yspro'cket .wheel 75' keyed to a shaft 76 on the inner end of which "is mounted a driving gear 77., lhe .'drivinggear 77 is in mesh with corresponding gear 78 which Mounted to rotateon the shaft 36 is a sleeve fixed to the cam shaft 36 so that the machine.

:Keyed to the cam shaft 36 insidetheu to 'the auxiliary advancing rollers'ifor'the frame 24 is an additional pinion 40 with a paper blank designated at'80 and 81 regear il on thesha ft 42 meshing therewith. spectively (Figure, 6). The upper roll 81 The gearxtl is keyed to the shaft42 which is movably mounted, being positioned in pivoted bearing members 82 which are held in downward position by means' of 'coiled springs-83, as best shown in Figures 2,

mgs and has fixed to its outerend a disk 43 with a roller 44 (Figure 3) mounted on the periphery thereof which'roller cooper- 5' and 6. A cam 85 is mounted upon the ates with a four-point xeneva gear 45. This shaft 61 (see Figure 6), and adapted to co- 0 a 87 on a bracket and having a roller 88 upon theend thereof rolling on the face oft he cam 85. .The opposite end of the lever 86 is pivoted toa short link 89 connected in-turn toga bell-crank'lever 90 which is pivotally mounted on the frame of the machine by being keyed toa shaft 91. The upper end of thebelhcrank lever Geneva gear 45 is mounted on/andkeyed;

gear wheel t? keyed thereon whiehin turn meshes with a driving pinion i8 mounted on a longitudinally extending drivingshaft -19. The shafts for supporting the various drivsuitable hearings in the machine frame Mounted on the shaft 49 is a beveled gear adaptedto operate asa pusher member. and a duplicate finger is provided on the other end of the 'shaft 91 to. properly locate the disk Ofprepared paper in the forming (mechanism after it. has been fed forwardly by the feeding means just described These pusher fin ers 92 operate in unison (as shown in igure by-the rotation of the shaft 91 which extends across the machine in suitable brackets provided therefor, un derneath thefeed table 94, and the ends of the fingers 92 operate in suitable slots'93 provided therefor; in the feed table.

The shaft -19 intermittently rotated by -the action of the four-point Geneva gear 47 and the forming mechanism for the cups is. driven thereby through the bevel gears 50 and 51. This forming mechanism is mount ed on a shaft 95 (see Figure 4) provided with a clutch member 96 and an adjusting, hand wheel 97 operates the clutch by means of which the forming' elements may all be brought into proper timed relation with the feeding means on each individual ma- 4 g mecha-.

nism which forms thedishes;

Mounted on the .cam shaft86 is a beveled gear which cooperates with a corresponding gear 53 mounted on a shaft 54 which drives the feeding means which delivers the blanks to the folding mechanism. As best to the forward part of the machine through a bearing sleeve 55 mounted on'the front 54 is a pinion 58 in mesh with a gear wheel 59. The gear 59 in lIHI'D dIIVBS a smaller justablv mounted at its outer end a pair ofmutilated gears 62 and 67 adapted to cooperate with two corresponding mutilated'gears 645 and 63 respectively which drive shaft 61 which is operated by a knurled knob 69 so that the relative position of the mutilated gears 62 and 67 with their re:

in turn drives a similar gear-79 connected 4 91 is formed in the shape of a finger- 92 I --pared disks 72 of which the-dishes are formed and keyed upon the shaft 5 l'adperate with this canris a lever 86 pivoted r chine. -A pin or set screw I9 8 is' provided in "the clutch member 96 for retainingtheyadjusting wheel 97 and clutch having attached to its outer end a forward'- ly exten dinggij'ipper plate 101. These gri'pper plates-101 are preferably inthe form.

of flat-triangular plates, as best shown in Figure12,and are attached to the holding members 100 bysuitable rivets or Iscrews as shownin Figure 7. '1he .supporting. mcmbers 100 and consequently. the gripperplates 101'are' normally held in closely-contacting); position by means. of the helical spring :2

having.-;;it'sl ends attached-to pins 1023 extending 'j r'earwardly from the gripper hold ing members 100.. The-gripper plates 101 "are separated. at predetermined times in order to permit of-the insertion of a blank 'the *"ebetween' and adapted 'to cooperate.

therewith is a' formin). inember 10:) of a est's'hown in Fig 1.05 is provided fw itli ftwo rearwardly ex: tending arms-1O6 by.-means otwhich it is pivoted at 107 to the frame of the machine.

A crossbar 108 connects-the" two arms 106' as'best show'n in F igure 10 and the rearward face of this bar is "adapted to cooperate with the front circular face of the gripper supporting members 100 in such a manner that whenthe forming member islifted' on its pivot 107 the forming members 101 are separated against the tension of the spring 102. This action is best shown in Figure 7. The means for lifting the forming'member 105 isshown in Figure 8 and consists of a shoe 110 pivoted to an upstanding arm 111 of a form of bell-crank lever pivoted at 112 to the frame of the machine and having a roller 113 mounted thereon at its angle which cooperates with a suitable cam 114 on the cam shaft 36. This construction is also shown inFigure 9. As shown in Figure 16. the

shoe 110has a forwardly; extending-- arm 115 pivoted at 116 to a suitable'hracke.

on the framev and the arm 115 is formed with anextension 117 adapted to cooperate with the V-shaped slot in the table 94: which accommodates the triangular gripping: plates 101 to properly form the paper dish and prevent any excess paper being pulled underneath the table in the rotation of the plates 101.-

Mounted to extend through slots 119 in the table ,94 is a pair of additional blank positioning members 118 adapted to slide in the slots. These positioning members 118 form the ends of upstanding arms 120, one of which is bent as shown at 1'21 in Figure 9 to join the other arm 1:20. The arm 120 is pivoted at 124 as shown in Figure 1 and is held .in normal position by means of a coiled spring 125 and is operated by a roller 122 cooperating with a cam 12 mounted on the shaft 36. The positioning; members 118 have a double function, name- 1y, that of originally positioning the circular sheet of. paper, and after the dish has been originally folded they are given an additional motion which results in a slight forward movement of the completed dish, after which the gripping members .101 are again brought together in order to additionally crease the paper to form a permanently shaped dish. W

Positioned directly underneath a slot in the table 91 is a horizontally extending rod 127 (see Figures 1, 8 and 10) having slidably mounted thereon a bearing sleeve 128. This bearing sleeve is adapted to be reciprocated on the slide rod 127 by means of a link 120 pivoted thereto and operated 'by the upper arm of a l)8llC1'2l11l-f lever 130 pivoted at 131 on the machine frame and having its shorter arm cooperating with a cum operated lever 132 (see l igure 8) pivoted at 12-13 on the machine which has mounted at about its middle portion a cam roller 134 cooperating with a cam groove 135. Fixed to the bearing: sleeve 126 is a forwardly extending arm (see Figure 11) having at its end thereof a shoe member 111 attached thereto by means of a screw 1. 12 and spring-held in operative position thereon. Extending renrwnrdly from the shoe member 141 is a spring or pressure member 1 41 (Figure 10) made in a curved shape to accommodate itself to the inside of a completed dish.

Pivoted at on the frame of the machine (see Figure 8) is a IOrldflg bar 151 having; a ($1111 roller 152 on the lower end thereof which rides on the outer surface of the cam wheel 135114. The upper end of this rocking lever 151 is pivotally conpressure men'lbers whiehextend through slots 161 provided therefor in the table. An additional stop member 166 is positioned upon the top of the table 91 as shown in Figure 12 to insure that the circular sheetof prepared paper will be properly positioned by the cooperating fingers.

The operation is follows: The machine having been set into operation by the revo lution of'the pulley 20, the clutch 37 is engaged which permits the drivin of any number of the units of the multiple mechanism. The clutch being mounted on the cam shaft 36 revolves the same and with it the driving gears 40 and 41 which in turn impart motion to the disk 43 operating the four-point Geneva gear .45 by, meansof which the shaft 19 with its attached bevel gears is intermittently rotated a quarter of a revolution at each turn of the disk 43. At the same time the cam shaft 36 by means of the beveled gear 52 and its coacting gear 53 drives the feeding mechanismrwhich c0ntinuously delivers prepared disks of paper to the forming device. The delivery of the paper is accomplished by means of the feed rolls and 66 having the rubber friction means thereon and actuated by the mutilated gears 67 and 62 cooperating with gears 63 and 64; which drive the feed rolls. rIt will be seen that if the feed roll- 65 is rotated slightly in advance of the roll 66 the lowermost disk of paper 72 willbe slightly buckled (as shown in Figure '6) on account of the faster or earlier movement ofthe friction member 7 0 on the roller 65, thereby separating the lowermost disk from the remaining disks in the magazine 71. The disk having been properly separated the rollers 65 and 66 are rotated in unison by means of their operating mutilated gears and feed the disk forward to the auxiliary feed rollers 81 and 80 which if desired may be slightly opened at this time by means of a cam action (not shown), the rollers 81 and 80 being normally held in coat-ting position by means of the coiled springs 83. These feed rollers are driven-by means of the chain 74 I on the sprocket wheels 73 and 75 cooperating with the gears 78, 79 and 77 and feed the disk forward over the smooth surface of the table 94. At the same time'the cam has acted to retract the pusher fingers 92 into their slots 93 in the table and after the paper has been pushed forward sufli cientlv by means of the auxiliary feed rollers 90 and 81 these pusher fingers 92 are actuated by means of the cam 85 to push the blank forwarda slight additional distance into proper position on the table 94 and against the stop 166. At the same time the positioning fingers 118 are actuated in their slots 119 (as shown in Figure 12) to additionally position the disk of paper in the other direction, and to place it properly underneath the forming members 101 and 105. The grip i er plates 101 are separated during the time the blank is being posi tioned, this separation being accomplished by means of'the raising of the forming memher 105 about its pivot point 107 by means of the cam actuated lever 111 acting in conjunction with the shoe member 110 underneath the forming member 105. The cross bar 108 on the arms 106 of the forming member 105 cooperates with the forward face of the gripping holding members 100 to raise the same against the tension of the spring 102.

After the disk has been properly positioned the cam actuated shoe 110 is retracted allowing the forming member 105 to drop into proper position over the grippers 101, and these at the same time are brought together in gripping position by means of the spring 102. The action of the disk 43 and itsattaehed roller 44 upon the Geneva gear 45 then commences and the gripping means are turned through a half revolution as shown in Figures 13,14 and 15 to fold the paper into the form of a conical dish. After the gripping fingers have been turned through a complete half turn the cam again acts through the ,arm 111 and shoe 110 to separate the plates 101 and the pusher bars 118 are then given a very slight forward movement to push the completed cup out from the plates 21' short distance, after which the shoe 110 is again retracted allowing a further crease to be put into the formed dish 72 for the purpose of completing the permanent shaping of same. At this point the grippers are again separated and the ejecting arm 140 is moved forward by the sliding 'of the bearing sleeve 128 on the rod 127 which is accomplished through the levers 129 and 132. The ejecting member 140 contacts closely with the apex of the formed dish by means of the shoe 1 11 and pushes the same out over the smooth surface of the table 94 into ejecting position. At its outermost point the gripper members 160 operate through the slots 161 in the table to grip the folded over portion of the cup 72, this. movement of the grippers 160 being caused by the lever 154 pivoted to the rocking arm 151.

Any or all of the units may be operated as desired and it will be seen that their action is entirely automatic, and the relation between the feeding and forming means may be very accurately timed.

In am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction varied throughout a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessit ated by the prior art. I claim as my invention:

1. In an automatic machine for forming conical receptacles, the combination with an intermittently operatedforming means, and grippingmeans adapted to co-act with said forming means to grip a prepared blank and turn a portion ofthe same through a part of a revolution to form a completed recep;

I tacle.

2. In an automatic; machine for forming conical receptacles, thecombination with a I forming means, gripping means, adapted to J. co-act with said fornnng'means to gripa prepared blank and turn] a portion of'the same through a part of a revolution to form a completed receptacle, and means for automatically removing the receptacle from said forming means and from. said gripping means. {I

3. In a machine for forming receptacles the combination with a forming means,-o grippers co-acting therewith to cause automatic folding of a portion of a receptacle 1 blank to form a receptacle,"and means for automatically shifting theposition of the receptacle While in process of formation.

4. In a machine forfoTming, receptacles from blanks, the combination with apivotably mounted forming means, of grippers adapted'to grip a blank, and turn .aportion of the same through apart of a revolution to form a receptacle, and meansfor auto-" matically creasing the folded portion of, the receptacle.

5. In a machine for forming receptacles from blanks, the combination with a'forining means, of grippers co-acting therewith adapted to grip a blank and turn a portion thereof through" a part of a revolution'to orm a receptacle, means for automatically creasing the folded portion ofthe receptacle, and a mechanism for automatically shifting the receptacled'uring the process of formation.

6. In a receptacle forming machine, the

combination with a forming means, of a tim-j ing member forming a part thereof, gripping means adapted to grip a receptacle blank and fold a portion of the same to form areceptacle, a shaft operated from the machine, and cam means thereon for actuating the gripping means.

'7. Ina receptacle forming machine the' combination with a. driving means, of a forming device driving shaft, a forming de-' vice operated thereby, a manuall'yadjustable' timing mechanism forming a part of the forming device, a feeding device driving shaft, and gear. mechanisms connecting. both of the above shafts with the drivingmeans. 8. In a receptacle forming machine .the combination-with a drivlng means, of a forming device driving shaft, a forming device operated thereby, a manually adjustable timing mechanism -forming a part thereof, and a gear train connecting said shaftrwith the driving means adapted to cause said shaft and the forming device tobe intermittently operated.

9. In an automatic machine for forming conical receptacles, the combination of an intermittently operated formingmeans, said means including a manually adjustable timmg member, and gripping means adapted to grip the prepared blank-and turn a portion,

of the same througlr a part of a revolution to form the completed dish.

conical receptacles, the combination .ofan intermittently "operated forming means, said means up including manually adjustable timing membengripping means adapted to grip the prepared blank and turn a portion of the same through a part of a 10. In an automatic-machine for forming revolution toqform the completed dish, and

a forming means cooperatlng with said grip p-i-ng means.

1 1. In an. automatic machine for forming conical receptacles, the combination of an intermittently operated forming means,

said means including a' :manually adjustable timing'membelj-gripping means adapted to grip the prepared blank and turn a pr than of the same through apart of a revolution to form the completed dish, a forming means cooperating with said gripping means,.and means for automatically j shifting said, forming means at predeterimi-ne'd times to pernjnt of the free turning of the-gripping means.

"12.111 an automatic machine for formingconi'cal receptacles, the combination of anfinterinittently operated forming means, said .means including a manually adjustable timing member, gripping means adapted to grip the prepared blank and turn a portion of the same through a part of a revolution to form the completed dish, and

cam-members for operating the gripping means.

13. In an automatic machine for forming conical receptacles, the combination of an intermittently operated forming means, said means including a manually adjustable timing member, gripping means adapted-to grip the prepared blank and turn a portion of the same through a part of a revolution to form the completed dish, and

bers are mounted.

15. In an automatic machine for forming conical. receptacles, the combination ofan -i intermittently operated forming means,

said means including a manually adjustable timing member, grlppmg means adapted to determined time to shift a blank grip the prepared blank and turn a portion of the same through a part of arevolution to form the completed dish, cam members for operating the-gripping means and. the forming means, a separately driven cam shaft on which'said cam members'are mounted, and means for continuously operating said cam shaft.

16. In an automatic receptacle forming machine, the combination of a feed table, forming means cooperating therewith,- blank feeding means adjacent the feedtable, pivoted positioning means projecting through the feed table toinsure proper relation between a prepared blank and the forming means, cam members for operating the forming means, and cam means for actuating the pivoted positioning means 'at a prebeing formed into a receptacle.

-17.'In an automatic receptacle forming machine, the combination of a feed table, forming means cooperating therewlth, blank feeding means ad acent the feed table, po-

sitioning means on the feed table to insure properlrclation between a prepared blank and the forming means, pivoted means coacting with the forming means to crease the blank, and cam members for operating the forming means, the pivoted means, and the positioning means, said cam. members being positioned on the driving shaft for the teeth mg means.

18. In a receptacle forming machine, the combination of a feeding means, a forming means, a table with which the -forming means cooperate, positioning means on the table, means for actuating the positioning means at a predetermined time to push a partially formed receptacle a short distance olf of the forming means, and ejecting means for removinga completed receptacle.

19. In a receptacle forming machine, the combination of a feed1ng"means, a forming means, a. table I with which the forming means cooperate to crease a portion ofablank positioning means on the table,pivoted means co-acting with the forming means to creaseanotherportion of the blank, and

ejecting means for removing a completed re-' ceptacle, u said positioning and meansbcing cam operated.

,20. In a machine for forming receptacles,

ejecting :the combination of a forming means, blank gripping means coactmg therewlth, means for operating the grippers a plurality of times in the formation of each receptacle, means for shifting the position of the receptacle whilein {process of formation, and e ecting means for the completed receptacle.

21'. In a receptacle forming machine the combination with a forming device, means for operating the same intermittently, andnism cooperates to crease a portion of the blank, and a timingmechanism forming a part of the forming mechanism.

24. In an automatic machine for forming a conical dish, thetcombination-with a forming means, gripping means forming a part thereof adapted to grip a blank, and camv members for operating the gripping mpans a 23. An automatic dislntorming machine comprising mechanisms adapted to automatically grip a blank, and means for turning the gripping mechanism to fold a portion of the gripped blank to form a completed conical dish.

2 6.' In an automatic dish forming machine the combination with a blank feeding means, of. a forming means adapted to fold blank into a. conical dish, and a table with which the forming means co-acts to crease a folded portion of the dish.

.27. In an automatic dish itorming machine the combination with, a blank feeding means, of a foru'iing means adapted to fold a blank into a conical dish, a table with which the forming means co-acts to crease a folded portion of the dish, and a pivoted means coacting with the forming means to crease another portion of the dish.

' 28. In a machine for forming receptacles, the combination with a. means for forming a receptacle, 0f pusher bars for automatically shifting the position of the receptacle on said forming means while in process of formation.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. CESARE BARBIERI.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS A. REDDALL, THOMAS EfMoELnANnY. 

